Fastening for wearing apparel



Sept. 2, 1930. A. WICHMANN FASTENiNG FOR WEARING APPAREL Filed Sept. 28, 1929 I g A ALBERT wicHMANn,"oneniZKOW, i

i rnsrnmne'ron'wnhitine rrang n I Application fil 'ed September ZS, 1 929, Serial:No,"395,85o,: and-in Germany Mandi-1929;

The present invention relates to improvetions of eachfoarticle being grippedbetween ments in fastenings for wearing apparel, the outerpl-imb: of the-'clipiandzthe middle more particularly an improved double clip portion thereon." 3 by means of which adjoining edge portions In Order to :separatefthettwoarticles, one

5 of two articles of dress, more particularly article .is 'pulled out ofithegclipsdwhereupon" v washable articles and under-garments, may: the clips may be singly ,removed bymeans be joined together in anon-permanent Way of their tongues out of the other article. It

The improved fastening or double clip conwill beunderstood that the clips may, for

sists of a piece of flat metal strip, which is instance be usedlfor attachinga; skirt to a bent into S-shapein such manner that the" bodice, or theymay also-be used'for conneetslightly bent outer members or limbs which ing the adjoiningedgeszofartieles'oflaunextend in opposite directions, bear with re dry; in place oftheusualbuttons'.

silient pressure against a middle portion con- 1 The drawingsshow byway of example one necting the two, outer members. The two constructionaccording to the-invention '15 outer members have extensions of substan- F1g.: 1 shows'fthe improved clipwi 'plan,

tial length extending beyond the middle porand V 7 tion and provided at their ends, with thick-' Fig. 2 ;isasid e viewl corresponding to tongue which is bent backwards through plic'atio'nof'the improved fastenings, the left ened rounded portions. One of the outer Fig.1.

members is provided with a stamped-out ,.-,Fig. 3.showsbywayofexample theap;

0 about 180. an'dis formed at its end with an hand portion. of Fig. .3 showing thefasten 5 eye for the reception ofa band orcord 'by ring applied to the'top edgeof an'articleand means of which-the fasteningor clip can ,be 'ready'toqreceivethe l wer edgeYof another easily removed orhandled. ii I 'a'rticle,-.whilstthe right handjg-portiomof 25 In order to effect a connection between- Fig.3 showstwosuperposededgeportions o ,two articles ofdress'or wearing apparel, by connected by the improved clip which lies means of the improved clips, the adjoining entirelyinL-the pockets "andistherefore ,in-

edges of the articles to be connected-are each yisible with the exception of the end of'the j provided with a sewn-on band of about 20 tongue.

.30 cm. width. This band should preferably be Referring to 1"andf 2, the improved provided or formed on one side with a s-shaped double clip consists of .a middle strengthened or reinforced edge. The longiportion a and-{two longer :oppositely -extend- 1 tudinal stitchings of the bands are inter ing outer portions or limbs b ande which are ruptedat certain'distances so as toform beonly slightly curved and bear with resilient I H. 5 tween the bands and the articles openings or pressure against the middle portionf Rou'nd- 35 I pockets into which the clip may be inserted, ed' portions join thetmidd'le;portionotothe and these openingsor pockets are reinforced outer limbs bf and a. The ends of the outer i by cross stitching at both sides of the open-.. limbs b and awhich extend beyond the inner ing. The openings or pockets thus provided 'portion'aare formed with thickened rounded :49 at the edge of one article should correspond I portions d: whichgfacilitate thefinsertionof (9o;

or'r'egister with the openings provided in the ithe" clip into L the corresponding pockets adjacent edge portion ofthe other artiele,-1f ormed'in thepdress edges. ,As may be, seen so thatby inserting the double, clips vinto fromqFig;,f1 the: outer endsofb and a, are '7 I a the registering openings or'pockets of the somewhattapered;orreduced in-Width, also K two adjoining edges of the articles the two for the purposeof facilitating insertion. j

articles may be detachablyv connected. ,The ,tongue eois stamped out of one ofthe It will be understood that the edge por outer limbs, namely'b, and isso bentback tions of the articles. are held together by the wards asto extend outwardlybeyondthe end I resilient pressure exerted by theouterlimbs d ,oftheiother, limb. The end of theftongue 15. of the S-shaped double clips, the edge'pon is formedinto an eye orlQQp f for the re- 0? ception of aband or cord which serves as means for removing vthe fastening fromthe dress. As may be seen from Fig. 3, the ad;-

joiningedges g and h of the two articles of dress to be connectedtogether by means of the improved fastening,,are provided with r sewn-on bandsz' and'k. Thesebands are preferably formed with reinforced edges and are sewn on by means of interrupted longitudinal stitching and suitable cross stitch ingsin such a manner as to provide at cerstain distances pockets Z into which the clipsv are inserted. Thepockets of the'two edge portions; must, of course, correspond or reg-, ister. V 7

; In the left hand'portionofFig. 3 a double 7 clip is shown inserted into a-pocket of the edge 9 by means of its upper limb b. The lowerlimb ic-iis visible as 'well as thetongue 7'. The-right-hand portion of Fig; 3 shows a fastening inserted into corresponding pockets of adjoining edge portions so'that only the eye 7 of the tongue remains visible. It will beunderstood that" in order to separate the edge portion-h from the edge portion'g,it is sufficient topull the edge h downwards'out of the'clips which then remain s in the edge portion grand may be removed fromthe latter bymeans of the eyes f or a cord inserted through the latter.

I claim: v I 1. A fastening for wearing apparel consisting" of an S-shaped double spring clip having two outer slightly curved oppositely directed members connected by short round- -ed portionsto' a common middle member of shorter ,lengthythe'projecting ends of the outer members beingforrhed with thickened rounded portions on the sides adjacent to the .middle member, substantially as 'deascribed. 1

- 2. A fastening for dress apparel consistwing of an S-shaped double spring clip made 7 A of a single piece of metal and composed of two oppositely directed slightly curved outer spring members connected by a shorter common innermember, the projecting ends of theouter members being taperedand formed with ball shaped end portions, substantially as described. 7

3. A fastening for dress apparel consisting V of an S shaped double spring'clip having two outer slightly curved members connected by a shorter inner member, the outer members "having at their ends ball shaped projections,

one of said outer members being provided With a tongue extending in the direction of the other outer member and slightly 'projecting beyond the latter outer member, substantially as described.

4. A fastening fordress apparel, consist- 7 ing ofan S-shaped double spring clip having two outer slightly curved members connected .by a shorter common innermember, and a tongueintegral w th one of the outer mem- 

